clone
See also: cloné
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: klōn
- (General American) IPA(key): /kloʊn/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kləʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
NounEdit
clone (plural clones)
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) Two people who are exactly alike, as far as looks or behavior.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
living organism (originally a plant)
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group of identical cells derived from a single cell
copy of something already existing
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VerbEdit
clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)
- (transitive) To create a clone of.
- The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
- We cloned the database to perform some testing.
TranslationsEdit
create a clone
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ReferencesEdit
- H.J. Webber. "New Horticultural and Agricultural Terms". Science (new series) 18:501-503, 1903, DOI: 10.1126/science.18.459.501-b.
- C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
- C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
- W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
clone
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clone m (plural clones)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
clone
- inflection of cloner:
Further readingEdit
- “clone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clone m (plural cloni)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English clone, from the same source as above.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clone m (plural cloni)
- (computing, electronics, also figuratively) clone
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 clone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: clo‧ne
NounEdit
clone m (plural clones)
- clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)
- clone (copy of something already existing)
- clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)
VerbEdit
clone
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clonar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clonar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clonar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clonar
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
clone f pl
NounEdit
clone n pl
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
clone